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Ilford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The altitudes of both parents and children have continued to be of
interest and co-operation. I should like to express appreciation to many
General Practitioners who have co-operated by prescribing where it has not
been possible to issue medicaments from this office."
TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Seeondary Schools including (Special Schools).
| A.—Periodic Medical Inspections. | |
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
| Entrants | 2,688 |
| Second Age Group | 2,777 |
| Third Age Group | 1,126 |
| Total | 6,591 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | 661 |
| Grand Total | 7,252 |
| B.—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 2,715 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 5,631 |
| Total | 8,346 |
Ministry of Education.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December, 1955.
(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this Table, and therefore the total on column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sum of columns (2) and (3).)
C.—Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment (Excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with
Vermin).
(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of
this Table, and therefore the total on column (4) will not necessarily be
the same as the sum of columns (2) and (3).)